S. Amdt. 3353 - To Provide an Emergency Benefit of $250 to Seniors, Veterans, and Persons with Disabilities in 2010 to Compensate for the Lack of Cost-Of-Living Adjustment for Such Year, and for Other Purposes.

On Motion to Concur in the Senate amdt to the House amdt to the Senate amdt: H.R. 4213 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

7/22/2010

This motion PASSED the House

272 voted YES152 voted NO
9 voted present/not voting

Action

Date

Description

Introduced

12/07/2009

12/07/2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

12/08/2009

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 955 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4213 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.

12/09/2009

Rule H. Res. 955 passed House.

12/09/2009

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 955.

12/09/2009

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4213 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.

12/09/2009

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4213.

12/09/2009

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

12/09/2009

Mr. Camp moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means.

12/09/2009

Point of order sustained against the motion to recommit with instructions.

12/09/2009

Mr. Neal (MA) raised a point of order against the motion to recommit with instructions. The motion was in violation of clause 10 of rule XXI because it resulted in an increase in the deficit. Sustained by the Chair.

12/09/2009

Mr. Camp appealed the ruling of the chair. The question was then put on sustaining the ruling of the chair.

12/09/2009

Mr. Neal (MA) moved to table the motion to appeal the ruling of the chair

The Chair put the question on consideration of the motion to concur in Senate amendment with an amendment. Agreed to by voice vote.

5/28/2010

Mr. Levin moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment.

5/28/2010

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1403, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4213 with an amendment. Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1403 and at the conclusion of debate on the motion, the Chair will put the question in divided portions.

Motion by Senator Baucus to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213) with an amendment (SA 4301) withdrawn in the Senate.

6/16/2010

Motion by Senator Baucus to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213) with an amendment (SA 4369) made in Senate pursuant to the order of June 15, 2010.

6/16/2010

Cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4213 with an amendment SA 4369 presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S4975; text: S4975)

6/16/2010

Considered by Senate.

6/16/2010

Point of order on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213) with an amendment (SA 4301) raised in Senate.

6/16/2010

Proposed amendment SA 4301 withdrawn in Senate.

6/16/2010

Considered by Senate.

6/16/2010

SA 4333 fell when SA 4301 withdrawn.

6/16/2010

Considered by Senate.

6/16/2010

SA 4344 fell when SA 4301 withdrawn.

6/16/2010

Amendment SA 4344 proposed by Senator Reid, previously proposed to SA 4301 and subsequently withdrawn, notwithstanding the impendency of a motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4213 with an amendment (SA 4369), by Unanimous Consent.

6/16/2010

Amendment SA 4351 proposed by Senator Isakson, previously submitted to SA 4301, notwithstanding the impendency of a motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4213 with an amendment (SA 4369), by Unanimous Consent . (consideration: CR S4969-4971; text: S4970)

6/16/2010

Proposed amendment SA 4351 under the order of 6/16/10, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was withdrawn in Senate.

6/16/2010

Amendment SA 4369 proposed by Senator Baucus.

6/16/2010

Amendment SA 4344, previously proposed notwithstanding the impendency of the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213), and subsequently agreed to, is considered to have been proposed to and incorporated into amendment SA 4369, pursuant to the order of 6/15/2010.

6/16/2010

Amendment SA 4351, previously proposed notwithstanding the impendency of the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213), is considered to have been proposed to and incorporated into amendment SA 4369, pursuant to the order of 6/15/2010.

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4213, with the Baucus Amendment No. 4386

6/29/2010

Considered by Senate.

6/29/2010

Motion by Senator Reid to refer to Senate Committee on Finance the House Message to accompany the bill (H.R. 4213) with instructions (SA 4388) withdrawn in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

6/29/2010

Motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213) with an amendment (SA 4386) was withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.

6/29/2010

Motion by Senator Reid to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213) with an amendment (SA 4425) made in the Senate.

6/29/2010

Cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213) with an amendment (SA 4425) presented in Senate.

6/29/2010

Motion by Senator Reid to refer to Senate Committee on Finance the House Message to accompany the bill (H.R. 4213) with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment SA 4427 made in Senate.

6/29/2010

Considered by Senate.

6/29/2010

Proposed amendment SA 4386 withdrawn in Senate.

6/29/2010

Considered by Senate.

6/29/2010

SA 4387 fell when SA 4386 was withdrawn.

6/29/2010

Considered by Senate.

6/29/2010

Proposed amendment SA 4388 withdrawn in Senate.

6/29/2010

Considered by Senate.

6/29/2010

SA 4389 fell when SA 4388 was withdrawn.

6/29/2010

Considered by Senate.

6/29/2010

SA 4390 fell when SA 4389 fell.

6/29/2010

Amendment SA 4425 proposed by Senator Reid.

6/29/2010

Amendment SA 4426 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 4425.

6/29/2010

Amendment SA 4427 proposed by Senator Reid.

6/29/2010

Amendment SA 4428 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 4427.

6/29/2010

Amendment SA 4429 proposed by Senator Reid to Amendment SA 4428.

6/30/2010

Considered by Senate.

6/30/2010

Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213) with an amendment (SA 4425) [Record Vote No. 204] entered in Senate.

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4213, with the Reid Amendment No. 4425

7/20/2010

Considered by Senate.

7/20/2010

Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213) with an amendment (SA 4425) [Record Vote No. 204] agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

7/20/2010

Motion by Senator Reid to refer to Senate Committee on Finance the House message to accompany the bill (H.R. 4213) with instructions (SA 4427) fell when cloture was invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213) with an amendment (SA 4425) in Senate.

7/20/2010

Considered by Senate.

7/20/2010

Considered by Senate.

7/20/2010

Considered by Senate.

7/20/2010

SA 4427 fell when cloture invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4213) with an amendment (SA 4427).

Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. to the Senate Amdt. to H.R. 4213 with Amdt. No. 4425, As Amended

7/22/2010

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1550 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 4213 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions. The resolution makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means that the House concur in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4213. The resolution waives all points of rorder against consideration of the motion exept those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI and that the Senate amendment shall be considered as read.

7/22/2010

Rule H. Res. 1550 passed House.

7/22/2010

Mr. Levin moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment.

7/22/2010

QUESTION OF CONSIDERATION - The Chair announced that because the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill H.R. 4213 contains an emergency designation for the purposes of pay-as-you-go principles, the Chair must put the question of consideration on the motion to concur.

7/22/2010

On question of consideration of the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H 5938-5950)

7/22/2010

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4213.

7/22/2010

DEBATE - The House resumed with debate on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4213.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on excessive 2009 bonuses received from certain major recipients of Federal emergency economic assistance, to limit the deduction allowable for such bonuses, and for other purposes.

Full Text of this Amendment

SA 3353. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. DODD, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. LEAHY, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3336 proposed by Mr. BAUCUS to the bill H.R. 4213, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follow:

On page 268, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:
SEC. __. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY PAYMENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the "Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010".
(b) Extension and Modification of Payments.--Section 2201 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A)--
(A) by inserting "for each of calendar years 2009 and 2010" after "shall disburse",
(B) by inserting "(for purposes of payments made for calendar year 2009), or the 3-month period ending with the month which ends prior to the month that includes the date of the enactment of the Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010 (for purposes of payments made for calendar year 2010)" after "the date of the enactment of this Act", and
(C) by adding at the end the following new sentence: "In the case of an individual who is eligible for a payment under the preceding sentence by reason of entitlement to a benefit described in subparagraph (B)(i), no such payment shall be made to such individual for calendar year 2010 unless such individual was paid a benefit described in such subparagraph (B)(i) for any month in the 12-month period ending with the month which ends prior to the month that includes the date of the enactment
of the Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010.",
(2) in subsection (a)(1)(B)(iii), by inserting "(for purposes of payments made under this paragraph for calendar year 2009), or the 3-month period ending with the month which ends prior to the month that includes the date of the enactment of the Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010 (for purposes of payments made under this paragraph for calendar year 2010)" before the period at the end,
(3) in subsection (a)(2)--
(A) by inserting ", or who are utilizing a foreign or domestic Army Post Office, Fleet Post Office, or Diplomatic Post Office address" after "Northern Mariana Islands", and
(B) by striking "current address of record" and inserting "address of record, as of the date of certification under subsection (b) for a payment under this section",
(4) in subsection (a)(3)--
(A) by inserting "per calendar year (determined with respect to the calendar year for which the payment is made, and without regard to the date such payment is actually paid to such individual)" after "only 1 payment under this section", and
(B) by inserting "FOR THE SAME YEAR" after "PAYMENTS" in the heading thereof,
(5) in subsection (a)(4)--
(A) by inserting "(or, in the case of subparagraph (D), shall not be due)" after "made" in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
(B) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
"(A) in the case of an individual entitled to a benefit specified in paragraph (1)(B)(i) or paragraph (1)(B)(ii)(VIII) if--
"(i) for the most recent month of such individual's entitlement in the applicable 3-month period described in paragraph (1); or
"(ii) for any month thereafter which is before the month after the month of the payment;

such individual's benefit under such paragraph was not payable by reason of subsection (x) or (y) of section 202 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402) or section 1129A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-8a);",
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking "3 month period" and inserting "applicable 3-month period",
(D) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:
"(C) in the case of an individual entitled to a benefit specified in paragraph (1)(C) if--
"(i) for the most recent month of such individual's eligibility in the applicable 3-month period described in paragraph (1); or
"(ii) for any month thereafter which is before the month after the month of the payment;

such individual's benefit under such paragraph was not payable by reason of subsection (e)(1)(A) or (e)(4) of section 1611 (42 U.S.C. 1382) or section 1129A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-8a); or",
(E) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:
"(D) in the case of any individual whose date of death occurs--
"(i) before the date of the receipt of the payment; or
"(ii) in the case of a direct deposit, before the date on which such payment is deposited into such individual's account.",
(F) by adding at the end the following flush sentence:

"In the case of any individual whose date of death occurs before a payment is negotiated (in the case of a check) or deposited (in the case of a direct deposit), such payment shall not be due and shall not be reissued to the estate of such individual or to any other person.", and
(G) by adding at the end, as amended by subparagraph (F), the following new sentence: "Subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (C)(ii) shall apply only in the case of certifications under subsection (b) which are, or but for this paragraph would be, made after the date of the enactment of Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010, and shall apply to such certifications without regard to the calendar year of the payments to which such certifications apply.".
(6) in subsection (a)(5)--
(A) by inserting ", in the case of payments for calendar year 2009, and no later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010, in the case of payments for calendar year 2010" before the period at the end of the first sentence of subparagraph (A), and
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
"(B) DEADLINE.--No payment for calendar year 2009 shall be disbursed under this section after December 31, 2010, and no payment for calendar year 2010 shall be disbursed under this section after December 31, 2011, regardless of any determinations of entitlement to, or eligibility for, such payment made after whichever of such dates is applicable to such payment.",
(7) in subsection (b), by inserting "(except that such certification shall be affected by a determination that an individual is an individual described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of subsection (a)(4) during a period described in such subparagraphs), and no individual shall be certified to receive a payment under this section for a calendar year if such individual has at any time been denied certification for such a payment for such calendar
year by reason of subparagraph (A)(ii) or (C)(ii) of subsection (a)(4) (unless such individual is subsequently determined not to have been an individual described in either such subparagraph at the time of such denial)" before the period at the end of the last sentence,
(8) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
"(4) PAYMENTS SUBJECT TO OFFSET AND RECLAMATION.--Notwithstanding paragraph (3), any payment made under this section--
"(A) shall, in the case of a payment by direct deposit which is made after the date of the enactment of the Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010, be subject to the reclamation provisions under subpart B of part 210 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to reclamation of benefit payments); and
"(B) shall not, for purposes of section 3716 of title 31, United States Code, be considered a benefit payment or cash benefit made under the applicable program described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(1), and all amounts paid shall be subject to offset under such section 3716 to collect delinquent debts.",
(9) in subsection (e)--
(A) by striking "2011" and inserting "2012",
(B) by inserting "section __X(c) of the Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010," after "section 2202," in paragraph (1), and

(C) by adding at the following new paragraph:
"(5)(A) For the Secretary of the Treasury, an additional $5,200,000 for purposes described in paragraph (1).
"(B) For the Commissioner of Social Security, an additional $5,000,000 for the purposes described in paragraph (2)(B).
"(C) For the Railroad Retirement Board, an additional $600,000 for the purposes described in paragraph (3)(B).
"(D) For the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, an additional $625,000 for the Information Systems Technology account".
(c) Extension of Special Credit for Certain Government Retirees.--
(1) IN GENERAL.--In the case of an eligible individual (as defined in section 2202(b) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, applied by substituting "2010" for "2009"), with respect to the first taxable year of such individual beginning in 2010, section 2202 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 shall be applied by substituting "2010" for "2009" each place it appears.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.--Subsection (c) of section 36A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ", and any credit allowed to the taxpayer under section __X(c)(1) of the Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010" after "the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009".

(d) Effective Date.--
(1) IN GENERAL.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) APPLICATION OF RULE RELATING TO DECEASED INDIVIDUALS.--The amendment made by subsection (a)(5)(F) shall take effect as if included in section 2201 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009.
(e) Emergency Designation.--For purposes of Senate enforcement, this section is designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to section 403 of S. Con Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010.

(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Mar 2, 2010.)

S. Amdt. 3354

Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

March 2, 2010

Withdrawn on March 4, 2010.

To encourage energy efficiency and conservation and development of renewable energy sources for housing, commercial structures, and other buildings, and to create sustainable communities.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow companies to utilize existing alternative minimum tax credits to create and maintain American jobs through new domestic investments, and for other purposes.

To provide an emergency benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment for such year, to provide an offset using unobligated stimulus funds, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate big oil and gas company tax loopholes, and to use the resulting increase in revenues to reduce the deficit and to invest in energy efficiency and conservation.

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